City of Plymouth Proposed 2022-2023 Budget - Flipbook - Page 294
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Description of responsibilities and services:
Since 2011, the City of Plymouth has partnered with the City of Northville to share a single
fire department which operates under a single command structure, reducing costs for both.
There are fire stations and apparatus in each city. Personnel are assigned to one of the
stations and respond to calls from their assigned station. In the case of major events, such as
structure fires, personnel from both stations respond.
The fire department uses a paid-on-call staffing model, in which part-time, paid-on-call
personnel respond to calls for service. When dispatched, our personnel respond to the
station, collect the necessary equipment and respond in department apparatus. Because the
area that we cover is relatively small, we typically do not have to travel far to respond to
incidents, which makes our average response times similar to those of fire departments with
full time career staffing. We have over 50 personnel in the department, which also means
that we can quickly assemble large teams when the need arises. There are usually
personnel working at the stations during the day, and we will staff the stations for severe
weather events, festivals, runs and other events in the downtown areas.
The Fire Prevention Division consists of the fire marshal and four state-licensed fire
inspectors. The division handles fire code enforcement tasks through plan review,
supervision of fire alarm and fire suppression system tests, occupancy calculations and
routine fire inspections of businesses.
The department is a part of the Western Wayne Mutual Aid Association and Michigan
MABAS (Mutual Aid Box Alarm System). This allows us to call upon additional resources as
may be needed to contain an emergency and provides us with access to specialized teams
such as the hazardous materials response team and the urban search and rescue team. We
have also made arrangements with neighboring departments for reciprocal automatic
assistance in the event of a structure fire. The fire department enjoys a cooperative
agreement with Huron Valley Ambulance, and they also respond to all calls for fire service
in the City of Plymouth.
Budget Location:
Fund:
101
Department: 336
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